Stack publications

A Stack publication is a publication with main pages and subpages. Subpages open on top of the main page when a visitor follows a link to them, so you can add in-depth content without taking the visitor away from the main page.

Whether you can create Stack publications depends on your subscription. If the option isn't shown, contact Maglr.

To start a Stack publication, create a new project and choose Stack publication, or switch an existing project to this type. See Switch publication type for how to switch an existing project.

Creating subpages in a Stack publication

In a Stack publication, a subpage is a page nested under a main page in the project's page overview. To create subpages:

1. Open the project's page overview in the dashboard.
2. Drag a page underneath the main page. The page moves in one level and becomes a subpage.
3. Repeat for each page that should be a subpage of that main page.

Subpages are not part of the publication's regular page-by-page navigation. Visitors can only open a subpage through a link you add to a page in the editor.

Choosing how subpages open

For each group of subpages in a Stack publication, you choose one of two ways for them to open:

• Pages move from right to left: the subpage slides in from the right on top of the current page. This is the default.
• Open the pages in a horizontal carousel: the subpages open full screen in a carousel. Visitors browse the carousel with next and previous buttons, and a page counter and progress bar show where they are.

To set how a group of subpages opens:

1. Open the project's page overview in the dashboard.
2. Below the page that has the subpages, click the button that shows the current setting, for example Slide from side.
3. In the "Set-up sub navigation" panel, select Pages move from right to left or Open the pages in a horizontal carousel.
4. If you selected the carousel and want it to continue from the last subpage back to the first, turn on Loop carousel.
5. Click Save.
6. In the editor, add links to the subpages, so visitors can open them.

With the carousel option, a link to any subpage in the group opens the carousel at that subpage. It doesn't have to be the first subpage.

Limits on subpages

• Pages can be nested up to 4 levels deep.
• Subpages in a carousel can't have subpages of their own.
• The carousel option can't be selected when one of the subpages has its own subpages. The panel then shows "It's not possible to select a carousel because there are pages underneath the subpage."

Closing a subpage

How visitors close a subpage in a Stack publication depends on how the subpages open:

• Pages move from right to left: on larger screens, part of the page underneath stays visible on the left, and visitors close the subpage by clicking it. On phones the subpage covers the full screen width, so there is nothing to click. A close button in the top left also appears when Show close button at top left is turned on in the navigation environment. See Changing the stack navigation menu.
• Open the pages in a horizontal carousel: the carousel always shows a close button.

Closing a subpage shows the page it was opened on top of again.

Changing the stack navigation menu

The Stack navigation tab of a navigation environment sets the menu, button style and close button for every Stack publication that uses that environment. It has these settings:

• Choose navigation type: No menu or Right top menu.
• Button style: Square buttons & icons or Round buttons & icons.
• Options: Show close button at top left, which shows a close button on subpages that slide in from the right.

To change them:

1. Go to Settings > Navigation environment.
2. Click Edit settings on the navigation environment your Stack publications use.
3. Open Navigation menu and select the Stack navigation tab.
4. Under "Choose navigation type", select No menu or Right top menu.
5. Under "Button style", select Square buttons & icons or Round buttons & icons.
6. Under "Options", turn Show close button at top left on or off.
7. Click Save navigation.

Showing subpages in the side menu

The side menu of a Stack publication can list its pages in two styles, set in the navigation environment under Side menu > Page menu:

• Show other pages (thumbnail style): shows all available pages in a menu with a thumbnail.
• Show other pages (basic text style): shows the pages in a text menu, with subpages listed as levels under their main page. This switch only appears if your account can create Stack publications, and it only affects Stack publications.

Only one of the two can be on: turning one on turns the other off. The thumbnail style is a setting of the whole navigation environment, so turning on the basic text style also removes the thumbnail page menu from other publications that use this environment, such as Slide publications.

The examples below use a Stack publication with two main pages, each with three subpages.

With the thumbnail style, the side menu looks like this:

To list subpages as levels under their main page:

1. Go to Settings > Navigation environment.
2. Click Edit settings on the navigation environment your Stack publications use.
3. Open Side menu.
4. Under "Page menu", turn on Show other pages (basic text style).
5. Click Save navigation.

With the basic text style on, the side menu of every Stack publication in that navigation environment looks similar to this:

Frequently asked questions

Why don't my subpages appear when visitors page through the publication?

Subpages in a Stack publication are not part of the regular page-by-page navigation. Visitors can only open a subpage through a link to it. Add links to your subpages in the editor.

Why can't I select the carousel option for my subpages?

In a Stack publication, the carousel option can't be selected when one of the subpages in the group has subpages of its own. Move those nested pages up a level, or to another group, and the carousel option becomes available.

Does a carousel link have to point to the first subpage?

No. In a Stack publication, a link to any subpage in a carousel group opens the carousel at that subpage. Visitors can then browse to the other subpages with the next and previous buttons.

Updated on: 22/10/2026